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The Wonderful Wide World of Demons: Chapter 4
The door was locked; heater on high, dinner cooling on the counter, and the heating pad was warming up for her back. Now all she needed was a nice long hot shower. She peeled off the thick sweater she'd been wearing and poked her sore and hard shoulders with a tender finger, hissing in pain. Stupid heavy cats…
Striping off the rest of her clothes, she stepped into the running shower, sighing as the scorching hot water cascaded down her back. The pleasures of modern appliances. Not that she'd ever be without them. After a good hour, but seemed only half, she got out, robe on and hair up in a towel. Her apartment was small, but cozy. Just the way she'd always dreamed. But enough with the dreams! To the food!
The TV dinner sat on the counter, it was cold again. She really needed to cut down on the shower time, or at least make dinner after she took the shower. Oh well! She snatched it up and went out into the living room, plopping own in her overly plush chair. Chopsticks poised, she turned the TV on, surfing to Animal Planet. She had a fascination with the creatures. Just not the cats… Yuck! She hated the things. They were lazy, mostly fat if house breed, and violent as hell. Dogs were her thing, but they didn't allow them in the complex. Sigh…
The dog show was on; maybe they'd show her favorite dog tonight. It was the big ones. Ehem… She didn't know much about the categories, but the toy, terrier, and umm…. That was about it. There was a few cute ones, some puffy, some close to hairless, but then an old woman walked the apple of her eye out. A beautiful husky, its coat shimmering silver and white, pure gold eyes- Wait! Gold? Huskies did not have gold eyes. Blue maybe, but gold? Unless here endless useless info on the breed was wrong. Probably was. But that one eyed old lady looked a bit suspicious to her. She snorted and inhaled the rest of her food. Naw.
She got up from her comfy chair, throwing her garbage away and turned the TV off. Enough of that. She'd get a migraine if she watched it to long. Stupid nerves. She prone to the things. The few things that caused them were: Axe, bright lights, the few fat gassy people on the bus, and her favorite, Kikyo. Her noisy boss. But still a good friend at times. She had a way with all animals that amazed her beyond belief. She could calm any scared hurt animal on a rampage, put them to sleep without any drugs, and cared for each one as if it was a human child.
She sighed, tapping a few fingers to her chin in though. She was jealous of her friend at times, but it was nothing to get worked up to much about. Sure, she got more money then her, was friend with all the pet owners and co workers, and was nice and pretty to knock it all off, but she was proud to be her friend. She quickly padded to her room, closing the curtains and pulling her robe off. She'd had a bad experience with peeking perverts before.
She pulled on a pair of panties and an over sized T and sat down on the bed, brushing her wet hair out. She loved her hair. It never went frizzy or stuck out at odd angles if she went to bed with it wet.
Well, just as she was finishing and pulling the covers up to go to sleep, there was a knock on the door.
Growling, she got back up and stomped to the door, opening the door to see the dark purple eyes of a man. She blinked. A hot man at that. She nervously licked her lips and opened the door a little wider, letting it catch on the latch chain.
"Can I help you?" she asked, pulling the shirt down a little farther.
He frowned and crossed his arms across his chest, eyes narrowing. What was that for? He was the one knocking on her door! "Are you Higurashi Kagome?" he asked in a gruff voice, sounding a bit aggravated. She shyly nodded her head. "Can I come in for a little? I have a proposition for you."
A proposition…? She cocked an eyebrow. Might as well here what the hell he's talking about. Stifling a yawn, she closed the door and undid the lock, opening it all the way. "Sure. Come on in." He stepped in wearing the most peculiar clothes she'd seen a why'll. They like old fashion stuff! A short sleeved kimono and hakama stopping just above his ankles, hand woven straw sandals, and really long black hair, tied loosely at the bottom just to keep it out of his face. But he was still the hottest guy she'd seen in weeks.
The only guys she saw every day were Hojo, old fat dudes brining in their sick cats, bleck, and the bus driver. But as soon as he stepped in, he didn't go anywhere. Just stood there. She closed the door and cleared her throat, gesturing toward the living room.
"You can come and sit down. I guessing this might take a why'll?" He nodded his head, boldly walking past her as if he owned the place. There go the looks.
Guys might be cute, but have personalities like cavemen. To put it plain, they were bastards.
Well, she bit down her anger and went into her living room to find him seated lazily in her chair. Her soft, bright red chair! She'd sworn her face had gone red with anger by then.
Yet again. Bastard!
So, she took the couch. Just as she was about to say something… "You might want to brace yourself for something…weird." He said flatly, almost looking ready to roll his eyes.
She narrowed her eyes into a bored look and propped her elbow up on her knees, chin on her palm. "Weird? Try me, bub. But before that. Who in the hell are you? I never got a name and you show up at," she paused looking at the clock ion the VCR, "ten at night and I don't even know you."
He grumbled something under his breath, but gave in anyhow. "Names InuYasha. There. Happy now? Anyways, you've been chosen by the Universal Tours of Feudal Demons. UTFD for short. It's a once in a life time thing and you are one of the few humans to be there. I'm sure you'll know a few others once we get to the meeting place. Now-"
"Whoa there, buddy! What are you talking about? I don't know any UTFD! And aren't demons kind of… fairy tale monsters that capture the princess and the big buff samurai come and rescue them?"
InuYasha snorted and stood up. "Far from it, little girl. Some demons are monsters and kind of evil, but most are fine. The ones that haven't been able to adapt to live with humans quietly are the ones that devolve. Like from a human to a money to some other weird thing. Get it?"
"Uh… No!"
He smacked a hand to his forehead with a growl. "Why do you all have to be the same…? Okay then! UTFD is a group of people that can travel through time and show people that will one day be scientist of something more so that it might help them in the future! Like demons and how they turn into domesticated dogs and cats they are today!"
How they turn into the dogs and cats of today… What!
She let out a chuckle and that turned into a laugh, then the full fledged laughing, tears in the eyes and all. She fell back against the couch, clutching her sides and rolling from side to side. After a few minutes she rolled off the edge and sat up, taking in deep breaths and wiping her tears away.
Standing up, she sniffed and let out another short laugh. "This has got to be the craziest prank I have ever had pulled on me. Who sent you to do this? Kikyo? Hiroshi?"
She laughed a little more and looked up at him, stopping instantly at the stern look on his face.
"You aren't kidding, are you…?" she said quietly, holding her jaw from dropping.
"Duh. Why would I waste my time coming here to this dump? I'm forced into doing this. It's called a job!" She flinched and bit her lip, giving him a watered look.
"Do I have to do this?" she asked, looking down quickly. His eyes were really starting to eat at her nerves.
"If you want to be famous one day."